I'm sure everyone's heard of this bill already. "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" is a bill that attempts to limit the definition of rape to "forcible" rape--which is also not defined. Forcible rape is not defined and left to interpretation. And we know how that goes.Under this new bill, if you were drugged and …
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The radical notion that women are people.
Islamic History and the Women You Never Hear About: Umm Salama
Before the spread of Islam, first-born baby girls were buried alive and women were abused and deprived of any deserved rights. When Islam began to spread, and after the Prophet and his followers were pushed from city to city, the men who took up the new religion were enthusiastic of the changes and adaptations made …
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Islam, headscarves… and men (who need to see their way out)
A message to Muslim men: Shut the fuck up. That is the shortest entry you will ever see here on Islamic studies. This is because there is nothing to study or analyze. There is absolutely no question that my body is none of your business. And I will not apologize for my tone. See the …
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Muslims, feminism, consent, and the virginity myth
Yeah, I know. Nothing like sex talk from someone who's never experienced it. A friend of mine once told me of a woman he knew who was divorced the day she was married because she confessed to her husband that she had been molested as a child. The man left her immediately to save his …
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Remember me? Yes, I'm back. I've been somewhat dormant. And I've decided to start fresh, on an entirely different note. My last few spaces, the ones I'd been consistently building up and tearing down from domain to domain since 2003, were concerned with creative work. I'd noticed for a few months now that the writing …
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